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Re: listing folder contents without opening
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Re: listing folder contents without opening


  • Subject: Re: listing folder contents without opening
  • From: bryan <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 16:44:21 -0400

I need to use "whose" filters on the alias list that results from
'items of alias...', so list folder would take 10x the code.

Update works great. I wonder why I never saw that.

Thanks.

Bryan Kaufman

Emmanuel wrote:

> At 10:20 AM +0200 5/7/02, bryan wrote:
> >
> >I am relatively new to OS X, but an old time scripter.
> >I seem to be having trouble getting current lists of files
> >within folders on mounted volumes with AS without
> >opening the folders first.
> >
> >I am using 'items of alias...' but this gives me the data
> >from the last opening of the folder. I get lists of files that
> >no longer exist and don't get the list of files that do exist.
>
> I do not see clearly why you do not use "list folder", but as for your
> problem I would try to "update" that container before getting "items of
> alias ..." it.
>
> Emmanuel

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